CVE-2016-10714
In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.
02 Description
In zsh before 5.3, an off-by-one error resulted in undersized buffers that were intended to support PATH_MAX characters.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-02-27 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 03:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ea63e452161ab0a07f98c9840b840f79d714c12169173c6411ab351198911071
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3593-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3593-1/
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/a62e1640bcafbb82d86ea8d8ce057a83c4683d60
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- zsh Fixed in 5.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- zsh Fixed in 5.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- zsh Fixed in 5.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- zsh Fixed in 5.0.2-3ubuntu6.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- zsh Fixed in 5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.